Armature winding



8- 13, .1970 J. M.'B|DDISON ET AL 3,524,601

ARMATURE WINDING 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed July 23, 1968 'INVENTOR.

JOHN'M. 8/00/50 orro F. STEM/K6 THE/l2 ATTOZNEVS 1970 I J. M. 'slomsoNET AL 3,524,601

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THE/E I) TTOENGYS INVENTOR JOHN M. B/DD/SON OTTO F. STE/NKE 2Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed July 25, 1968 United States Patent 9 3,524,601ARMATURE WINDING John M. Biddison and Otto F. Steinke, Dayton, Ohio, as-

signors to The Globe Tool and Engineering Company, Dayton, Ohio, acorporation of Ohio Filed July 23, 1968, Ser. No. 746,863 Int. Cl. H02k15/085 US. Cl. 2427.03 Claims ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A spindle in anarmature winding machine to which an armature is chucked is rotated inone direction by a rotary air actuator which drives the spindle througha one-way clutch and in a reverse direction by the same air actuatoracting through a slip clutch. A detent mechanism coacting with thearmature stops the armature rotation in the reverse direction. Thearmature rotation is otherwise stopped by a hydraulic braking circuit.

This invention relates to armature winding and more particularly to thewinding of armatures with commutators having tangs. It will becomeapparent, however, that some portions of this invention may be useful inother environments.

In the application of Jerry E. Miller, Ser. No. 704,342, titled ArmatureWinding and filed in the United States Patent Oflice on Feb. 9, 1968,which application is assigned to the same owner as the instantapplication, a winding procedure is disclosed wherein, after pairs ofcoils are wound in an armature and while the fliers are at rest, thearmature is rotated in one direction about its axis to loop the leadwires around the armature shaft. At some point, the armature rotation istemporarily discontinued and a pair of commutator tangs exposed so thatthe fliers may be reversed to hook a portion of the lead wires onto apair of tangs. As discussed in the aforementioned Miller application,this winding procedure has several advantages, both in connection withthe armature itself and in connection with the design of the armaturewinding machine.

A primary object of this invention is to provide a simple, high speedand flexible method and apparatus for rotating an armature during theautomatic winding cycle of an armature winding machine and to insurethat the armature is at all times accurately oriented with respect tothe fliers and winding forms. This is accomplished in accordance withthis invention by using a rotary air actuator which drives a spindlethrough a one-way clutch in one direction and through a slip clutch inthe reverse direction. The armature is chucked to the spindle and adetent mechanism, which can conveniently be located in one of thewinding forms, coacts with the teeth of the armature so that, uponrotation of the spindle in the reverse direction, the armature isaccurately stopped in a predetermined position.

A further object of this invention is to provide a simple method andapparatus for rotating a spindle and accurately and positively stoppingthe rotation of the spindle after a predetermined number of degrees ofrotation thereof. In accordance with this invention, the spindle isdriven by a rotary air actuator braked by a hydraulic actuator.

Other objects and advantages will become apparent from the followingdescription and the drawings in which:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a partially wound armature which can bewound using the apparatus of this invention;

FIG. 2 is a perspective View with parts broken away and shown in crosssection of a portion of an armature winding machine in accordance withthis invention;

3,524,601 Patented Aug. 18, 1970 FIG. 3 is a cross sectional view of theapparatus for rotating the armature between the winding of coils;

FIG. 4A is a front elevational view with parts in cross section of aportion of the winding forms of FIG. 2 and showing a partially woundarmature engaged by a detent mechanism;

FIGS. 43, 4C and 4D are each similar to FIG. 4A and illustrate insequence various rotary positions of the armature between the winding ofpairs of coils; and

FIG. 5 schematically illustrates a pneumatic and a hydraulic circuitused in the armature winding machine of this invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, an armature, generally designated 10, isillustrated including a slotted armature core 12 mounted on an armatureshaft 14 upon which a commutator 16 is also mounted. Between thearmature core 12 and the commutator 16 is an insulating sleeve 18overlying the shaft 14. Another insulating sleeve 20 projects from aninsulating end lamination 22 on the end of the shaft 14 opposite fromthe commutator 16. The armature 10 in FIG. 1 is only partially woundwith coils 24 which have sides passing through spaced armature slots 26separated by armature teeth 28. The commutator 16 is of the type havinga plurality of peripherally spaced, mutually insulated segments 30 withhooks or tanks 32 at the end thereof adjacent the armature core 12adapted to receive lead wires 34 which extend between adjacent coils.The armature 10 has twice as many tangs 32 as there are armature slots26 because two coils 24 are wound in each pair of slots 26 and acommutator or commutator tang connection is made by a lead wire 34between each of the pairs of coils 24 wound in a pair of slots 26 aswell as between successively wound coils 24 in dilferent pairs of slots26. It will be noted in FIG. 1 that the lead wires 34 are looped aboutthe armature shaft 14 and that a portion of each lead wire 34 is alsolooped about each of the commutator tangs 32. A more detaileddescription of this winding pattern appears in the aforementioned Millerapplication, Ser. No. 704,342.

In FIG. 1, six coils 24 (two in each pair of slots) and their commutatorlead connections are shown. The method of fully and automaticallyWinding the armature 10 in accordance with this invention will now bedescribed in connection with the portions of the apparatus shown inFIGS. 2, 4A, 4B, 4C, and 4D. Referring first to FIG. 2, the armature 10is located beween a pair of wire guide wings or winding forms 36 of adouble flier armature winding machine, generally designated 38, thearmature being supported partly by the concavely curved surfaces of thewire guide wings 36 and partly by a chuck assembly 40 clamped to the endof the armature shaft 14 adjacent the commutator 16. The wire guidewings 36 are mounted upon mounting plates 42 which have bearing housings44 thereon that rotatably receive flier spindles 46 upon which areaflixed fliers 48. The Wires, designated W, for winding the coils 24 inthe armature slots 26 are coursed through the flier spindles 46 andaround wire guide pulleys 50 on the fliers 48. There are two such wires,one for each of the flier spindles 46. The free ends of the wires W areattached to a combined clamp and cutter mechanism 52. The wires Wemanate from wire supplies (not shown) and are placed under tension ator near the wire supplies so that, as the fliers 48 rotate, the wireswill be drawn from the wire supplies and guided by the sloping surfacesof the wire guide wings 36 to form a pair of coils 24 into pairs ofslots 26 aligned with the wire guiding surfaces of the winding forms 36.

Referring to FIG. 4A, the right hand wire guide wing or winding form 36has a cavity 54 therein in which is located a detent mechanismcomprising a pawl support block 56 and a pawl 58 pivotally mountedthereon. The pawl 58 is biased by a coil spring 60 located in the pawlsupport block 56 toward the armature core 12 whereby the free end of thepawl 58 projects out of the concavely curved face of the winding form 36into engagement with a slot 26 of the armature 10. The outwardlyprojecting portion of the pawl 58 is Wedge-shaped with a sloping lowersurface and a straight upper stop surface which is remote from the pivotpoint for the pawl 58. Upon rotation of the armature 10 in acounterclockwise direction, the pawl 58 is cammed out of the slots 26.On a reverse or clockwise rotation of the armature 10, the pawl 58, uponentering one of the slots 26, will engage the surface of the adjacenttooth 28 and thereby positively stop rotation of the armature 10.

For convenience, the slots 26 in FIGS. 4A, 4B, 4C and 4D have beenseparately identified by the numbers 1 through 8. In FIG. 4A it will benoted that the first pairs of coils 24 have been wound in slots 1 and 4and in slots 5 and 8 while the pawl 58 is engaged with the adjacentsurface of the tooth 28 between the slots 1 and 2. FIG. 2 also showsparts of the machine 38 at the end of the winding of the first pair ofcoils 24. The fliers 48 are stopped adjacent the commutator end of thearmature 10 and the lead wires 34 extend from the wound coils 24 andadjacent the commutator 16 to the flier pulleys 50. At

. this time and also during the winding of the coils 24,- a

tubular tank shield 62, which overlies the commutator 16 and abuts thefree end portions of the tangs 32, prevents wire from hooking onto anyof the tangs 32.

The fliers 48 temporarily remain at rest in the position shown in FIG.2, and the armature 10 is rotated, by rotation of the chuck assembly 40,as will be described below, about its longitudinal axis through apredetermined angle in a generally counterclockwise direction. In FIG.4B, the armature 10 is shown after being rotated in a counterclockwisedirection through such a predetermined angle, at which time the rotationof the armature 10 is stopped for the purpose of booking the lead wires34 about preselected commutator tangs 32. The tang shield 62 is,accordingly, retracted so that the lead wires 34 will be free to engagethe tangs 32. At this time the fliers 48 are rotated in a directionopposite to the direction used in winding the coils 24 through an anglesuflicient to lay a portion of the lead wires 34 into the bight portionsof oppositely disposed commutator tangs 32. The tang shield 62 is thenmoved back into a position whereat it shields the tangs 32 and iseffective to confine the lead wires 34 in the bight portions of thetangs 32. The counterclockwise rotation of the armature 10 is thenresumed and continued until the armature 10 is a few degrees past thedesired position for aligning the pairs of armature slots 26 to receivethe next pair of coils with the wire guide surfaces of the winding forms36. Because the armature 10 illustrated herein is to have two coils perslot, the second pair of coils 24 to be wound will be wound in the sameslots, namely slots 1 and 4 and 5 and 8 as were the first pair of coils24. FIG. 4C shows the position of the armature 10 at the end of thiscounterclockwise rotation which, as can be determined from a comparisonwith FIG. 4A, is through an angle in excess of 360. The counterclockwiserotation is not so great, however, as to cause the pawl 58 to enter theslot 3.

At this time, the armature 10 is rotated in a reverse direction, that isa clockwise direction as viewed in FIG. 4C, until the armature 10reaches the position illustrated in FIG. 4D at which time the pawl 58again enters the armature slots designated 2 and is engaged by theadjacent surface of the tooth 28 between the slots 1 and 2. The armature10 is now in a position to receive the second pair of coils 24. It willbe noted that this position of the armature 10 is predetermined quiteaccurately because it relies upon the fixed stop provided by the pawl58. Further, the entire detent assembly may be accurately positionedwithin the right side winding form 36 by adjusting screws 64, theadjusted position of which is maintained by jamb nuts 66.

The foregoing procedure is repeated except that, after the winding ofthe next pair of coils 24 in the same pair of slots 26, the armature 10will be stopped at a different position so that pairs of coils 24 willthen be wound into different pairs of adjacent slots 26. Thus, the thirdpairs of coils wound could be located in slots 8 and 3 and slots 4 and 7or else in slots 2 and 5 and slots 6 and 1. Those skilled in the artwill understand that the foregoing operations are continued until thearmature 10 is fully wound. The armature 10 is then removed from thewinding area between the winding forms 36 and an unwound armature 10replaced thereby. It will also be realized by those skilled in the artthat the loading and unloading of the armature 10 can be accomplishedautomatically and that, for example, the cutting of the Wire from thewound armature 10 as well as the handling of the armature 10 after thewinding can be accomplished in various fashions. Suitable hydraulic orelectromechanical drives for synchronously rotating fliers are known andin use and, therefore, the drive mechanisms for the fliers 48 are notillustrated in detail herein. US. Pat. No. 3,013,737, issued to Harry W.Moore on Dec. 19, 1961, illustrates a hydraulic drive mechanism whichcould be used with the apparatus shown in FIG. 2. It will be appreciatedthat the wire guide wings or winding forms 36 must be moved slightlyaway from the armature core 12 when the armature 10 is rotated. The samePat. No. 3,013,737, shows an air actuator arrangement for accomplishingthis movement.

Referring to FIG. 3, which illustrates the mechanism for rotating thearmature 10, the chuck assembly 40 is shown as including a collet 68which grips the armature shaft 14 in response to movement of a generallytubular collet actuator 70 driven by a collet operator shaft 72 thatextends through a hollow main drive spindle 74. The end of the colletoperator shaft 72 remote from the collet 68 receives a bushing 76 and isrotatably mounted in a bearing 78 confined between spaced bearingretainer rings 80 which together form a yoke ring receiving confrontingdrive pins 82 of a double ended yoke 84 pivotally mounted on a bracket86. The yoke 84 is driven by a linear air actuator 88 having a pistonrod 90 pivotally connected to the bottom of the yoke 84. As apparent,movement of the collet operator shaft 72 to the left, as viewed in FIG.3 will cause the collet actuator 70 to bear against the collet 68. Thecollet 68 and the collet actuator 70 are partially surrounded by atubular collet retainer 92 which holds the collet 68 in place andagainst which the collet actuator 70 is urged. The collet retainer 92 isaffixed to the main drive spindle 74 for rotation therewith. This can bedone in any convenient fashion and the lock illustrated in FIG. 3 is inthe form of a clamp ring 94.

The main drive spindle 74 is journalled by bearings 96 and 98 in a frontstanchion 100 and a rear stanchion 102, respectively, mounted upon asuitable base or support plate 104. The aforementioned collet airactuator 88 is mounted on the rear stanchion 102. Also supported on therear stanchion 102 is an air operated rotary actuator 106 whichconstitutes the drive motor for rotating the spindle 74 and,accordingly, the armature 10. A hydraulic rotary actuator 108 which, aswill be described below, is used as a brake for accurately stopping therotation of the spindle shaft 74, is supported on the front stanchion100. The air actuator 106 is of the type that rotates from a givenangular start position in a first direction when air or other gas underpressure is supplied to one end thereof and returns to the startposition when air or other gas under pressure is supplied to the otherend thereof. The total angular rotation from the start position dependsupon the length of time fluid is supplied thereto. The hydraulicactuator 108 may be of the same type, but is powered by anincompressible liquid. Such actuators are commercially available. Thus,the air actuator 106 may be of the type known as the Tork-Mor ModelSB-3-3 whereas the hydraulic actuator 108 may be of the type known asthe Tork-Mor Model S-2-2, both sold by the Roto Actuator Corporation ofSt. Clair Shores, Mich. The drive mechanism connecting the air actuator106 to the armature will now be described in detail.

The air actuator 106 has an output shaft 110 keyed to a drive shaft 112upon which is mounted a drive pulley 114 connected by a timing belt 116to a driven pulley 118 which in turn is connected to the main drivespindle 74 by a one-way or sprag clutch 120. The one-way clutch 120positively drives the spindle 74 in the forward or first directiondescribed above, that is counterclockwise as viewed in FIG. 2, but theclutch 120 is free-wheeling when the driven pulley 118 is rotated in areverse direction by the motor or air actuator 106. Because, as discussed above in connection with FIGS. 4C and 4D,1it ,is desired torotate the armature 10 through a small angle in a reverse direction uponreversal of the motor. or rotary air actuator 106, a slip clutch isprovided between the driven pulley 118 and the spindle 74. The slipclutch includes a friction or clutch disc 122 affixed to the spindle 74adjacent the driven pulley 118 and a clutch or friction pad 124, whichmay comprise a leather washer or the like interposed between the rearface of the driven pulley 118 and the clutch disc 122. The clutch pad124 is constantly maintained engaged with the driven pulley 104 and theclutch disc 122. For this purpose the driven pulley 118 as well as theone-way clutch 120 are slidably mounted on the spindle 74 and a coilspring 126, which has one. end engaged with a collar 128 affixed to thespindle 74 and its other end engaged with a washer 130- abutted againstthe one-way clutch 120, constantly biases the driven pulley 118 intofrictional engagement with the clutch disc 122.

With reference to FIGS. 3 and 5, the air actuator 106 is connected to aregulated source of air underpressure through a solenoid operateddirection control valve 132 and a normally open solenoid operated airshut-off valve 134. The direction control valve 132 serves selectivelyto connect a main air supply line 136 to one of the. two conduits,designated 138 and 140, which are connected to the opposite ends of theair actuator 106 whereas the shut-off valve 134 is located only in theconduit 138. Air under pressure supplied through the conduit 138 causesthe output shaft 110 to rotate from its rest or start position. When itis desired to discontinue the rotation of the armature 10, say in theposition shown in FIG. 4C, a normally open solenoid controlled hydraulicshut-"01f valve 142 is energized to block continued flow of hydraulicfluid through hydraulic conduits 144 which are connected to the oppositeends of the hydraulically operated rotary actuator 108 and form a closedcircuit. When fluid flow through this closed circuit is blocked byoperation or energization of the hydraulic shut-off valve 142, theoutput shaft, designated 146, of the hydraulic actuator 108 isdynamically braked. The output shafts 110 and 146 of the two actuatorsare interconnected by the drive shaft 112, and the rotary air actuator106 is thus rendered inoperative. As a precaution, the air shut-01fvalve 134 is closed at the same time as the hydraulic shut-off valve142. When the hydraulic valve 142 is opened to permit flow of fluidthrough the conduits 144 and the hydraulic actuator 108, its outputshaft 146 is driven by the air actuator 106 without any substantialinterference. The air valve 134 must, of course, be open at the sametime.

A bank of four limit switches 164, 166, 168 and 170 are shown in FIG. 3mounted on a bracket 172 adjacent the air operated rotary actuator 106.The limit switches 164 through 170 are connected in electric circuitry(not shown) for controlling the operation of the air actuator 106 andthe hydraulic actuator 108. For this purpose, the output shaft 110 ofthe air actuator 106 projects from the end thereof opposite the driveshaft 112 and is connected to a switch operator shaft 174 upon which areaflixed four cams 176, 178, 180 and 182 which sequentially change theopen or closed conditions of the switches 164 through 170, respectively.When the switches 164, 166, 168 and 170 are engaged by the cams 176,178, 180 and 182, both shut-01f valves 134 and 142 are actuated to blockfurther flow of air and hydraulic fluid to the actuators 106 and 108,respectively.

All four cams and switches are used when Winding an armature having twocoils per slot. Cam controlled switches or the like (not shown) causethe shut-olf valves 134 and 142 to be open when the fliers 48 reach theposition shown in FIG. 1 after the winding of a pair of coils 24. Thecounterclockwise rotation of the armature 10 is thus initiated. When,thereafter, the switch 166 is engaged by the cam 178, the solenoids ofboth shut-off valves 134 and 142 are energized, whereupon the valvesclose to stop the rotation of the armature 10 when the lead wires 34 areto be hooked about the tangs 32. Other switch means (not shown) signalthe completion of this operation by de-energizing the solenoids of theshut-off valves 134 and 142. The rotation of the armature 10 continuesuntil the switch 164 is engaged by the cam 176 and again the solenoidsof the shut-off valves 134 and 142 are energized to stop the armature 10in the position shown in FIG. 4C. The direction control valve 132 isthen energized to reverse the flow of air to the air actuator 106 andthe shut-01f valves 134 and 142 are opened whereupon the air actuatoroutput shaft returns to its start position. As already described, theresultant clockwise rotation of the armature 10 through the action ofthe slip clutch positions the armature 10 in preparation for the windingof the second pairs of coils 24 in the same slots 26. As soon as theoutput shaft 110 returns to its start position, the direction controlvalve 132 is de-energized. Accordingly, after the second pairs of coils24 have been wound, the armature 10 is again rotated in acounterclockwise direction until the switch 170 is engaged by the cam182 for stopping the armature 10 in an appropriate position for makingthe tang connections from the second pair of wound coils. The cam 180engages the switch I68 for stopping the rotation of the armature 10 inpreparation for the winding of the third pair of coils 24, which, asdiscussed above, will be located in other pairs of slots 26. The samefour switches will operate in the same sequence throughout the windingof an armature, there being no other indexing or rotation of thearmature required than that discussed herein. Of course, it is to beunderstood that all the functions of the machine 38 may be entirelyautomatic through the use of conventional machine controls and circuitrywhich, because they are conventional, are not illustrated or describedin detail herein.

The pneumaticcircuit illustrated in FIG. 5 also shows the collet airactuator 88 connected through a direction control valve 152 to the mainair line 136. Referring to FIG. 3, the shield actuator may be mounted onthe front stanchion 100 with its piston rod, designated 154, connectedto a bracket 156 which may be connected to or integral with the movableshield 62. The movable shield 62 is shown surrounding an adjustablyfixed inner shield 158 to which a guide rod is connected that projectsthrough an aperture in the front stanchion 100 and held in adjustablyfixed position therein by a set screw 162. This connection of the guiderod 160 to the front stanchion prevents the inner shield 158 fromrotating with the chuck assembly 40. As will be understood by thoseskilled in the art, the inner shield 158 has notches at its free endwhich will be adjacent commutator tangs 32 that are exposed when themovable shield 62 is retracted. Thus, the inner shield 158 prevents wirefrom accidentally catching on any but the exposed tangs 32. Thisarrangement of both the inner fixed shield 158 and the movable outershield 62 is desirable when the tangs 32 are quite closely spaced.

The speed of operation, the simplicity, and flexibility of the controlsresulting from the apparatus of this invention should be apparent tothose skilled in the art. For

example, rotary actuators are commercially available which have a rotarythrow exceeding that required for armature winding applications. It ispossible to vary the throw or rotation of the armature being wound tosatisfy the requirements of various winding patterns merely by changingthe positions of the various cams 176, 178, 180 and 182 on the switchoperator shaft. Armatures requiring only a single coil per slot may bewound by the apparatus described above with only two of these fourswitches being used. Also, this invention is useful when windingarmatures having numbers of slots other than eight, whether odd or even,as will be well understood by those skilled in the art.

Having thus described our invention, we claim:

1. In an armature winding method of the type wherein an armature isrotated about its shaft by means engaging the armature shaft to positionslots of said armature relative to wire guiding surfaces of a pair ofwinding forms and fliers for receiving coils wound by said fliers, theimprovement comprising the steps of rotating said armature in a firstdirection past its desired position, reversing the rotation of saidarmature, and interposing a pawl in one of said armature slots whereuponsaid armature upon reverse rotation thereof engages said pawl and isthereby accurately positioned with respect to said wire guiding surfacesand said fliers.

2. The method of claim 1 further including the steps of pivotallymounting said pawl in one of said winding forms and biasing said pawlinto a position wherein it engages in slots of said armature core, andcamming said pawl out of the slots in which it enters as said armatureis rotated in said first direction.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein said armature is rotated in bothdirections by a reversible drive motor and wherein said reversible drivemotor is connected to said armature for rotation in said first directionby a one-way clutch and connected for rotation in said reverse directionby a slip clutch.

4. In an armature winding machine of the type wherein coils are woundinto the slots of an armature core by rotating fliers supplying wirethereto, the wire being guided into selected slots of said armature coreby wire guiding surfaces on a pair of winding forms, and of the typewherein lead wires between coils are formed by appropriately rotatingthe armature and the fliers to hook portions of the lead wire aboutpreselected commutator tangs, said armature being rotated by drive meansincluding a chuck engaging the armature shaft and a rotating spindle towhich said chuck is connected, the improvement comprising a reversibledrive motor, drive means connecting said reversible drive motor to saidspindle, said drive means including a one-way clutch between saidreversible drive motor and said spindle for rotating said armature in afirst direction and a slip 8 clutch between said reversible drive motorand said spindle for rotating said armature in a reverse direction, andmeans for stopping the rotation of said armature during rotation of saidreversible drive motor in the reverse direction.

5. Theapparatus of claim 4 wherein said last mentioned means includes apawl mounted in one of said winding forms, means biasing said pawl intothe slots between the teeth of the armature core, said pawl having asloping surface thereon effective when said armature is rotated in saidfirst direction to cause said pawl to be removed from said slots by theengagement of armature core surfaces therewith whereupon said armaturecore is rotated in said first direction by said one-way clutch androtated in said reverse direction by said sli-p clutch until said pawlis engaged by one of said armature teeth.

6. The apparatus of claim 5 wherein said pawl is pivotally mounted upona pawl support member confined in a avity in said one of said windingforms.

7. The apparatus of claim 6 further comprising means for adjusting thevertical height of said pawl support member within said one of saidwinding forms.

8. The apparatus of claim 4 wherein said drive motor is an 'air operatedrotary actuator.

9. The apparatus of claim 8 further including a hydraulically operatedrotary actuator, means connecting the output shaft of said hydraulicallyoperated rotary actuator to the output shaft of said air operated rotaryactuator, and means operating in timed relation to the operation of saidair operated rotary actuator preventing further rotation of said outputshaft of said hydraulically operated rotary actuator and therebyrotation of said output shaft of said air operated rotary actuator.

10. The apparatus of claim 9 wherein a closed hydraulic circuitinterconnects the opposite ends of said hydraulically operated rotaryactuator, and wherein said last mentioned means comprises valve means insaid closed hydraulic circuit operable to prevent flow of hydraulicfluid through said circuit.

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